According to a video posted today, Apple has fired an engineer named Ken Bauer after his daughter posted a hands-on video about the iPhone X on YouTube. The daughter goes by the name of Brooke Peterson. Apple requested that Brooke take down the video, and while she did comply immediately with the company's desires, it was removed from the site well after the clip went viral.

Keep in mind that this was more than just a leaked iPhone X. This was an iPhone X that belonged to an Apple employee and the video revealed special QR codes on the phone that might have been for sensitive eyes only. A notes app showed possible code names of future Apple projects. By posting the video, Brooke left Apple no choice but to fire her dad. Otherwise, it would be sending the wrong message about security at Cupertino. Certainly the engineer should have known not to allow his daughter to have access to the device. Maybe it is not a perfect analogy, but you wouldn't expect a cop to allow his kid to play with his gun.

"At the end of the day, when you work for Apple, it doesn't matter how good of a person you are. If you break a rule they just have no tolerance"-Brooke Peterson, daughter of fired Apple Engineer

Brooke posted a follow-up video, which you'll find at the top of the story. In it, she explains how she filmed the hands-on in the Apple cafeteria and claimed that she had no subscribers at the time she released it. Basically, it was done "for fun" because she likes making YouTube videos. While she says that she had no idea that it was a violation, she also notes that her dad takes full responsibility for the events that transpired.

Remember when that one kid took an in depth video tour of his dad's HTC One M9 that wasn't released or even revealed yet, and the CEO of HTC US tweeted at the kid, basically threatening him with the authorities?

These people are so funny, doing stupid sh*t and not thinking about the consequences.

"He is an RF Engineer & he is behind wireless circuit designs for like Bluetooth, WLAN, GPS, FM, and NFC. Not behind Apple's CPU architecture.

Like every other company he should sign an NDA with Apple before he leaves to avoid any legal actions against him & his daughter in this case & also to prevent future Apple secret projects leaks to its rivals Apple needs him to sign it & otherwise they have to take legal actions against him to protect their secret projects. So he is not allowed to work with any rival companies or in RF related projects that are similar to Apple's future projects, maybe for a few years.

This is how the system works & he pretty much ruined his career as a RF Engineer who has a 29 years worth of experience.

After an NDA violation chance of getting a job at a major company is very low."

Everyone keeps saying this has ruined him, sure it's bad but if this guy is a talented engineer (he helped design the A11) then he will get hired, I wouldn't be surprised if he gets hired by Google now that they won't to deign their own soc. Point is, he won't be starving on the street or working at a job he is overqualified for.

He is an RF Engineer & he is behind wireless circuit designs for like Bluetooth, WLAN, GPS, FM, and NFC. Not behind Apple's CPU architecture.

Like every other company he should sign an NDA with Apple before he leaves to avoid any legal actions against him & his daughter in this case & also to prevent future Apple secret projects leaks to its rivals Apple needs him to sign it & otherwise they have to take legal actions against him to protect their secret projects. So he is not allowed to work with any rival companies or in RF related projects that are similar to Apple's future projects, maybe for a few years.

This is how the system works & he pretty much ruined his career as a RF Engineer who has a 29 years worth of experience.

After an NDA violation chance of getting a job at a major company is very low.

It's not like hundreds of Youtubers didn't have hands-on videos posted when it was announced.

I'm not saying the girlhad the right to post that video, but I feel sorry for the dad and his family now that their main source of income is gone because of an uncalculated naive mistake.
May I would've been okay with this decision if no one knew anything about the phone.

I think it is less about the phone and more about the info that got leaked. The employees only QR codes, and the notes inside the notes app could potentially give others insides to what Apple is working on.

I think the issue isn't so much that she had the phone or made a video with it, its the fact that in her video she exposed (probably inadvertently) those QR codes, which as the article states could have held some company sensitive info.

These companies have everyone sign contracts that will protect them from idiots like these. Let’s see if her “likes” can pay be bills going forward. I can’t stand youtubers. Specially the idiots that torture phones or other gadgets. Why?

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